The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

AUTHOR : John le Carre
Category : Fiction >
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Description

The Cold War is at its most chill. Alec Leamas, a seasoned British Intelligence officer whose entire East German network has been arrested or shot, leaves West Berlin for London, believing his career is over. But his master, Control, knows that Leamas is good for a last mission: one that will allow him to take his revenge.

Reviews

Passionate, intense, wonderful - David Nicholls The best spy story I have ever read - Graham Greene A masterpiece, the best espionage novel ever written - John Banville One of those writers who will be read a century from now - Robert Harris

Author description

John le Carre was born in 1931. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, his third novel, was first published in 1963 and secured him a world-wide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People. His recent novels include The Constant Gardener, Absolute Friends, The Mission Song and A Most Wanted Man. Our Kind of Traitor is his twenty-second novel and is published by Penguin.

Stock Information

General Fields

  • : 9780241962336
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : November 2011
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : March 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 288
  • : George Smiley ed
  • : Paperback
  • : John le Carre